# 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Nordic

The 2012 FIM Dansk Metal Nordic Speedway Grand Prix was the eleventh race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 22 September at the Vojens Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.
The Grand Prix was won by wild card Michael Jepsen Jensen who beat Nicki Pedersen, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jason Crump in the final.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Michael Jepsen Jensen as Wild Card, and Kim Nilsson and Linus Sundström both as Track Reserves. Injured Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by second Qualified Substitutes, Krzysztof Kasprzak. First Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík, had problems with blood pressure. The draw was made on 21 September.
    (7) Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak

## Results
### Heat details

| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1 | 14 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 15 | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | | | 0 | 7 | 8 | | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 20 | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 15 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | 10 | 5 | | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 8 | (4) Jason Crump | 10 | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | R | | | 1 | | | | 8 | 7 | 2 | | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 11 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | 11 | 2 | | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | (8) Chris Holder | 11 | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 10 | 3 | | 1 | |
| 7 | 11 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 8 | 2 | (1) Greg Hancock | 9 | 0 | | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 6 | 0 | | |
| 9 | 7 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 7 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 13 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 7 | | | | R | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 15 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 7 | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 16 | (14) Peter Ljung | 6 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 0 | | | R | | | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 6 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 6 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | 6 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 10 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 4 | | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | | X | | | 1 | | R | | | | 4 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 9 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 3 | | | 0 | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 3 | | | 3 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 12 | (11) Chris Harris | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | X | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | 2 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Mikkel B. Jensen | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Nicklas Porsing | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 18 | | | |
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

### Heat after heat

* (57,83) Lindbäck, Holder, Sayfutdinov, Hancock
* (58,53) N.Pedersen, Crump, Andersen, Gollob
* (59,50) Kasprzak, Harris, Lindgren, Hampel
* (59,00) Ljung, B.Pedersen, Jensen, Jonsson (R)
* (57,79) N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holder, Hampel
* (58,46) Hancock, Andersen, Jensen, Kasprzak
* (58,44) Lindbäck, Lindgren, Gollob, B.Pedersen
* (59,63) Sayfutdinov, Crump, Ljung, Harris (X)
* (58,44) Holder, Ljung, Lindgren, Andersen
* (59,12) N.Pedersen, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Harris
* (59,11) Crump, Jensen, Lindbäck, Hampel
* (59,47) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Jonsson, Kasprzak (X)
* (59,62) Jensen, Gollob, Holder, Harris
* (58,84) Lindgren, Hancock, Jonsson, Crump (R)
* (59,34) Lindbäck, N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Ljung
* (59,75) Sayfutdinov, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Hampel
* (59,03) Holder, B.Pedersen, Crump, Kasprzak (R)
* (59,37) Hampel, Hancock, Gollob, Ljung (R)
* (59,53) Jonsson, Andersen, Lindbäck, Harris
* (59,83) Lindgren, N.Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Jensen
    Semifinals
* (59,10) N.Pedersen, Crump, Lindgren, Hancock
* (59,69) Sayfutdinov, Jensen, Holder, Lindbäck
    the Final
* (59,64) Jensen, Pedersen, Sayfutdinov, Crump

## The intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
| 1 | (8) Chris Holder | 145 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 11 | |
| 2 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 143 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 20 | |
| 3 | (1) Greg Hancock | 135 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 4 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 122 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 15 | |
| 5 | (4) Jason Crump | 121 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
| 6 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 121 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 7 | |
| 7 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 111 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |
| 8 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 103 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | |
| 9 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 84 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 64 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |
| 11 | (11) Chris Harris | 59 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| 12 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 56 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| 13 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 55 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | – | – | – | 6 | 3 | |
| 14 | (14) Peter Ljung | 55 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 15 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | – | |
| 16 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | |
| 17 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 22 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | |
| 18 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | 4 | |
| 19 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | |
| 20 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
| 22 | (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 23 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 24 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | |
| 25 | (17)(18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| 26 | (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | |
| 27 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 28 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 29 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 30 | (17) Dino Kovacic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | |
| 31 | (17)(18) Linus Sundström | 0 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 32 | (17) Kim Nilsson | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |
| Rider(s) not classified |||||||||||||||
| | (17) Grant Tregoning | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (18) Sean Mason | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (17) Tobiasz Musielak | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (17)(18) Piotr Pawlicki, Jr. | — | – | ns | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (18) Matěj Kůs | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (18) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| | (18) Samo Kukovica | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | |
| | (17) Michele Paco Castagna | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| | (18) Nicolas Vicentin | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | |
| | (17) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| | (18) Josh Auty | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | |
| | (18) Nicklas Porsing | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |